Corner rack and shelf



N. B. WINTER.

CORNER RACK AND SHELF.

APPLlCATlON FILED SEPT-1B, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON B. WINTER, OF FRQSTBURG, MARYLAND.

CORNER RACK AND SHELF.

, Application filed September 18, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Mason B. l/VINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frostburg, in the county of Allegany and State of llliaryland, have invented a new and useful Corner Rack and Shelf, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to knock down shelves; its principal object being to provide a shelf which may be assembled and supported in the corner of a room or closet without use of nails or other fasteners.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shelf adapted to be mounted and held rigidly in the corner to two right angularly disposed walls.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a shelf which may be conveniently supported in a closet and which serves as a clothes rack as well as to support articles thereon.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of a shelf constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a side elevational view of one of the side members thereof.

Fig. 3 illustrates a side elevational view of one of the cross bars.

Fig. d illustrates a plan view of the same, and

Fig. 5 illustrates a detailed view of one end of one of the cross bars.

In carrying out the invention,there is provided a pair of divergent bars 5 from which extend parallel spurs or bars 6, that extend obliquely with respect to a horizontal plane so that they will readily penetrate the wall, of the room in which the shelf is to be positioned.

Each of the side bars 5 is provided with a groove 7, one of the walls thereof being substantially straight, the opposite wall thereof being inclined toward the bottom of the bars 5, in order that the cross bar, to be Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1920.

Serial No. 324,398.

hereinafter more fully described, may be wedged into position, in the assembling of the shelf, the lower portion of each of the grooves, being formed into a shoulder 8, to restrict the movement of the cross bar.

Disposed along the upper surface of each of the bars 5, are the keepers 15, which keepers include a substantially straight and a right angled portion, which right angled portions of the keepers are designed to provide a stop, for the shelf members 16, to prevent displacement thereof, after the same has been positioned on the side bars 5.

The shelf members 16, have beveled ends, as at 17, and are provided with slots 18, extending from the ends thereof inwardly, and terminating at points adjacent the ends so that the shelf members 16, when positioned on the side bars 5, will have their beveled ends 17, lying in a plane flush with the sides of the bars 5, so that the same will exactly fit between the walls of the room, in which the device is positioned.

The cross bar 9, which forms an im portant feature of the invention, is provided with beveled end portions 10, beveled toward a line intermediate the sides of the cross bar, to provide a wedging action longitudinally of the bars 5, when the cross bar 9 is forced to assume a position parallel with the shelf members 16.

The extreme edges of the end portions of the cross bar 9, are beveled, or inclined from the top to the bottom thereof, and correspond with the similar formed cut out portions 7, of the bars 5, whereby it will be seen that when the cross bar 9 is positioned in the cut out portion 7 of the side bar,-

and forced downwardly, wedging action is set up between the ends of the cross bar 9 and the side bars 5, with the result that the spurs 6, are forced into the material of which the walls are constructed.

Formed adjacent the lower end of each of the inclined walls, at the ends of the cross bar 9, are cut out portions 11, which cut out portions fit over the shoulders 8, of the side bar 5, thereby limiting the downward movement of the cross bar 9, to the end that the cross bar 9 assumes a predetermined position with relation to the side bars 5.

As shown the cross bar 9 is provided with. a plurality of clothes hooks 12, extending from one of the side faces thereof, and it is to be understood that clothes hooks may be secured to the under surface of the shelves,

or inner Walls, of the side bars 5, to suit the demands of the user.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is V r In a knock down shelf, a pair of divergent bars having recesses in their opposed faces disposed in aiinement, each of the recesses having inclined side Walls and an inclined rear Wall, said recesses being provided with notches at theends thereof, a cross bar having inclined end Walls conforming to the inclined surfaces of the first mentioned re- 7 cesses, a shoulder formed at the base of each end, shelves supported on the divergent bars, and means for securing the divergent bars to right angularly extending Walls.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

NELSON B. WINTER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN E. PRICE, FRANK SrA'rEs. 

